The Republic of Heroes

Chu Qixiang heard that the tears in his eyes finally rolled down, and his voice became choked up.Seeing his expression, Wu Xiaoliang's heart suddenly sank. Did Xu Shuzheng die?Compared with his previous life, history has deviated. It should have been smooth sailing to regain Mongolia, but now he has suffered such a big defeat, so he has no idea.

"How is Mr. Xu?"

Chu Qixiang calmed down and replied:

"Mr. Xu, Mr. Xu got separated. After breaking through the siege, we each took one. We didn't want to be overtaken by the Cossacks in Kundulin. If General Wu hadn't arrived in time, my last group of people might have been here. "

Wu Xiaoliang was disappointed for a while. If he finds Xu Shuzheng, the mission of this trip will be half completed. He can even divide his troops to take Kulun all the way and continue northward all the way. However, finding Chu Qixiang is also an unexpected good thing.At least you can have a clear understanding of the failures of the Beiyang Army in the entire Outer Mongolia.

The cavalry regiment that chased and chased the fleeing Cossacks did not come back until evening, and most of the Cossacks were shot to death. The trip was fruitful, and the morale of each of them was raised to the extreme. They no longer regarded the Cossacks as brave warriors in words.

At that time, the three regiments of the First Division of the Suidong Army and the first regiment of the No.20 Fifth Mixed Brigade, under the coordination of Dorji, moved into the territory of the Kundulin Department, and bought beef, mutton and kumiss from the tribe. Victory needs two things, wine and meat, to boost morale.Wu Xiaoliang also lifted the Suidong Army's alcohol prohibition order that night, except for the combat duty troops, everyone else can get drunk before resting.

After everyone relaxed, Wu Xiaoliang asked Chu Qixiang about the reason for the Beiyang Army's disastrous defeat in Outer Mongolia.Mentioning this matter, Chu Qixiang slammed his fist on the table so loudly that the cups and plates rattled, everyone at the table fell silent, stopped talking, and looked at what the two were talking about.

It turned out that the Mongolian princes originally wanted to gain more power when they returned to China, but after Xu Shuzheng came, they became figures on the fringes of power, so under the accumulation of such dissatisfaction, they colluded with Semyonov of the White Bandit Army , launched a fierce attack on Cullen.At first Kulun won the defensive battle, Xu Shuzheng sent Gao Zaitian's fourth cavalry regiment to pursue.

Unexpectedly, Semyonov was not alone in his army. Just after he withdrew, Unqin, his subordinate, brought people to attack Kulun. The soldiers under him were better equipped than Semyonov, and there were more than ten large-caliber mountain cannons. , which is almost unrivaled equipment on the Mongolian grasslands.Therefore, Xu Shuzheng sent a telegram to the country for help, and at the same time ordered the Gao Zaitian Cavalry Regiment, which was chasing outside, to return for help.

The problem lies with Gao Zaitian. Because he originally belonged to the Fourth Division of Zhejiang Province and was a direct army, after the capture of Kulun, he felt dissatisfied with Xu Shuzheng's unequal distribution of contributions. So I wanted to vent my anger and play a big one by the way.After his regiment defeated Semyonov, the morale of his cavalry increased greatly, thinking that the White Russian Army was nothing more than that, so when they encountered domestic Anhui reinforcements, they suddenly opened fire and repelled them.

Then, waiting for Xu Shuzheng to fail, the No. 20 Five-Mixed Brigade really couldn't support it and dispersed to break through.At this time, Gao Zaitian thought it was time for him to make an indelible contribution, so he led the Fourth Cavalry Regiment to attack Kulun, but he didn't expect that he lifted his foot on the iron plate, and was bombarded by the Enqin bandit. It dropped to the lowest point in an instant, and finally dispersed in a rush.Judging by the situation at this time, they should have retreated to the country.

After everyone listened to Chu Qixiang's narration, they scolded Gao Zaitian until the eighteenth generation of their ancestors. Such a despicable villain, how did Chief Xu choose him in the first place? Once the matter is revealed to the world, this person must be sent to a military court , Ming canon punishment.Under Wu Xiaoliang's intentional or unintentional influence, the Suidong Army subconsciously thought of court trials instead of direct shooting, which is a quick and more deterrent method.This is actually a microcosm of Wu Xiaoliang's plan to promote the system over the rule of man in Suidong.

Wu Xiaoliang was not in the mood to be proud of the results of his implementation of the system. The truth made him feel a little sad. He originally thought that the Beiyang Army was defeated by the White Russian Army before it was wiped out. Who would have thought that it would be defeated by his brothers.Wu Xiaoliang thought about what happened in Jilin again, and suddenly remembered a sentence from his previous life describing the democrats, "Experts in civil wars, outsiders in foreign wars", he felt that it could not be more appropriate.

Those who really want to do something for the country are suppressed by these moths of the country who only serve their own self-interest. Even self-protection has become a suffering. No wonder the Japanese dare to clamor for the destruction of China in three months. In their view, such a person who has no Cohesion, internal and external troubles, and a country where the people are fighting endlessly are just a piece of fat that has no ability to resist. The invaders only need to consider when and how to eat.

Everyone was silent for a long time, Wu Xiaoliang was the first to break the silence.

"What's General Chu's plan?"

Chu Qixiang picked up the wine bowl on the table, drank the koumiss in one gulp, then wiped off the wine stains on his mouth, and said with emotion: "Now I don't have the face to go back to the country, go back and rescue Chief Xu, otherwise I will have to be loyal to the country... "

In the early morning of the next day, the No.20 Fifth Mixed Brigade and the three regiments of the First Division of the Suidong Army headed north and south respectively. Wu Xiaoliang and Chu Qixiang did not join forces, but helped After its weapons and ammunition, separate from it.

Regarding the separate operations of the two armies, Wu Xiaoliang fully respected Chu Qixiang's opinion, so he did not force the two armies into one to strengthen the momentum.If it is other warlords in the country, they can't wait to eat the entire No.20 Fifth Mixed Brigade in one bite. How can they let go of a regiment that is delivered to their door?It was precisely because of this that Chu Qixiang led his troops to willingly submit to Wu Xiaoliang after Xu Shuzheng's death, but that was a later story, and at that time Wu Xiaoliang had already left Suidong to participate in the intensifying Central Plains war.

Wu Xiaoliang didn't know that the Cossacks that the cavalry regiment had wiped out a few days ago were part of Semyonov's main force going south. At this time, the bearded Cossack officer was roaring at his subordinates.

"A group of idiots, a group of idiots, the squadron that was defeated by Unqin completely wiped you out, are your heads filled with Mongolian sheep dung?"

It is no wonder that Semyonov was furious. Although Ungern was still his subordinate, since the victory in the Battle of Kulun, he had begun not to take his orders seriously. In the hands of the squadron that had lost to Enqin, that despicable villain would probably become even more arrogant in front of him in the future, and might break up completely.

However, after calming down, Semyonov broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, this disastrous defeat revealed the whereabouts of the squadron, otherwise the Chinese general surnamed Wu might have taken over the base camp.